| commissioners that prior to submitting their site plan and prior to beginning |
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| their soccer season, they made every effort to resolve problems with their |
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| neighbors. The neighbors indicated that they wanted more screening so |
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| the soccer balls would not come into their yards because they were |
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| concerned about liability. Prior to the May Planning Commission meeting, |
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| Brookfield Academy sent a letter to the neighbors before their soccer |
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| season began, noting that they purchased benches for their teams and a |
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| bleacher to keep their people on one side of the field. Their coaches had |
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| been instructed to guard the other side of the field from any balls going into |
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| neighbor's yards. This was done as an attempt to resolve the resident's |
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| concerns. He referenced a letter addressed to Mr. Carl Moore dated |
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| 4/30/96 that he wrote in response to Mr. Moore's complaints about soccer |
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| balls going into his yard. He explained to Mr. Moore that they had |
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| purchased a bleacher and benches to solve this problem. The resident's |
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| came to the May Planning Commission meeting dissatisfied with their |
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| solution. Then, Brookfield Academy met with the dissatisfied neighbors |
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| after the Planning Commission meeting and invited them to the school for a |
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| meeting. He met with his staff and the architect to figure out how they could |
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| further satisfy their neighbors in addition to what they had already done. He |
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| noted that during the first construction of their school, they planted along |
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| their neighbor's property lines. During the second addition for their |
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| gymnasium, they put in additional plantings. Now, they have a third plan |
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| showing all the new plantings in an effort to satisfy their neighbors. That is |
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| when they scheduled the most recent meeting with the neighbors. When |
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| the architect outlined all of the new plantings at the meeting, the neighbors |
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| were uninterested in fences and totally uninterested in plantings. They only |
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| expressed concern that there was too much noise. He said the neighbors |
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| are trying to find a way to destroy their soccer program. He said they were |
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| asked to sign a letter stating that they would not have any more Saturday |
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| games. Brookfield Academy signed the letter and then the residents sent a |
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| petition back to them stating their dissatisfaction, and further requesting |
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| that trees be planted inside the soccer field. |
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| Cynthia DeGrove, 1181 S. Adams Rd., said the neighbors bordering the |
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| Brookfield Academy did meet with Dr. Weinberg and his architect after the |
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| June 4th Planning Commission meeting to review their concerns regarding |
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| the proposed addition. The response from Brookfield Academy was |
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| addressed in a letter to the Planning Commission dated 6/12/96 and a |
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| reply was offered from the neighbors in a letter dated 6/27/96. She said |
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| she appreciates the school's willingness to move the competitive weekend |
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| soccer games from the field, she feels there were other issues brought up |
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